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Well I am taking it farther as self-executing seems bonkers to me but the Amendment feels as though that’s how it’s written.
I don’t even think it would be limited to States Attorney Generals getting the power to decide the matter. If it’s self-executing the Mayor of Houston or even a poll worker could just throw out a politician they don’t likes ballot.
I think you're misunderstanding the terms here. Self-executing, in this context, means merely that congressional action isn't required. For example, the 16th Amendment gives the Federal government the power to levy an income tax, but requires a tax code to actually implement it. By contrast, the amendment limiting the president to two terms isn't reliant on a congressional determination. No one is arguing that the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause requires Congress to delineate what equal protection specifically means to be valid. There's certainly civil rights legislation, but none of it is enabling legislation for rights already held. Since this is a 14th Amendment case, it's illogical to assume that a congressional determination would be needed for disqualification. The concurrence doesn't argue for a specific mechanism (as that would directly undercut their criticism of the majority), but one could presumably rely on a judicial determination.
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